Robert Moses famously built the bridges on Long Island with low underpasses so that buses from Black and Puerto Rican neighborhoods couldn't get to Jones Beach. I don't have the crayons, nor the patience, to explain why this is indeed very racist. https://t.co/vAcOcUKBIc pic.twitter.com/Djx0Nhqqyh
— Hayden Clarkin (@the_transit_guy) March 28, 2024
Turns out bridges can be racist
https://twitter.com/the_transit_guy/status/1773370129318838272
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I mean, Bob mo famously did intentionally design the southern and northern state parkways to be too small for buses. Same with the fdr drive.
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